quotations about fathers
Your father's not young when your small is he, he's not any age, he's more a power.
CARYL CHURCHILL
A Number
When I was young, my father was lord
Of a small kingdom: a wife, a garden,
Kids for whom his word was Word.
It took years for my view to harden,
To shrink him to human size.
TRACY K. SMITH
"The Speed of Belief"
At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.
CHINESE PROVERB
In the minds of women, fatherhood used to be considered a part-time job. It was something men did at the end of the day between parking the car for the night and going to bed.
ERMA BOMBECK
Forever
There are some extraordinary fathers, who seem, during the whole course of their lives, to be preparing reasons for their children for being consoled at their deaths.
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
"Of Mankind"
There is probably no more terrible enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man--with human flesh.
FRANK HERBERT
Dune
My father established our relationship when I was seven years old. He looked at me and said, "You know, I brought you in this world, and I can take you out. And it don't make no difference to me, I'll make another one look just like you."
BILL COSBY
Himself
Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
ARISTOPHANES
The Clouds